योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-7, chapter-47, verse-44

वसन्तो नन्दनोद्यानमिन्दुरप्सरसः स्मृताः ।
इत्येकतः समुदितं संतोषामृतमेकतः ॥ ४४ ॥

vasanto nandanodyānamindurapsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ ,
ityekataḥ samuditaṃ saṃtoṣāmṛtamekataḥ 44

44. vasantaḥ nandanodyānam induḥ apsarasaḥ smṛtāḥ
iti ekataḥ samuditaṃ santoṣāmṛtam ekataḥ

44. vasantaḥ nandanodyānam induḥ apsarasaḥ iti ekataḥ smṛtāḥ,
samuditaṃ santoṣāmṛtam ekataḥ

44. Spring, the Nandanavana garden, the moon, and the apsaras (celestial nymphs) are considered (smṛtāḥ) to be on one side. On the other side, there is the combined nectar of contentment (santoṣāmṛtam).

Words meanings summery:

• वसन्तः (vasantaḥ) - spring (season)

• नन्दनोद्यानम् (nandanodyānam) - Nandanavana (celestial garden of Indra)

• इन्दुः (induḥ) - moon

• अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - apsaras (celestial nymphs)

• स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are considered, are remembered, are held to be

• इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct or indirect speech/thought/definition)

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - on one side, from one side

• समुदितम् (samuditam) - gathered, combined (risen, come together, united, produced)

• सन्तोषामृतम् (santoṣāmṛtam) - the nectar of contentment

• एकतः (ekataḥ) - on the other side, on the one hand

Words meanings and morphology

वसन्तः (vasantaḥ) - spring (season)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of vasanta

vasanta - spring, vernal season

Root: vas

Note: Part of the list of worldly pleasures.

नन्दनोद्यानम् (nandanodyānam) - Nandanavana (celestial garden of Indra)

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of nandanodyāna

nandanodyāna - Nandanavana, Indra's pleasure garden

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (nandana+udyāna)

• nandana – delighting, pleasing; name of a mythical garden
  noun (masculine)
  From root nand (to rejoice)
  Root: nand (class 1)
• udyāna – garden, park
  noun (neuter)
  From ud + root yā (to go)
  Prefix: ud
  Root: yā (class 2)

Note: Part of the list of worldly pleasures.

इन्दुः (induḥ) - moon

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of indu

indu - moon, drop, soma

Note: Part of the list of worldly pleasures.

अप्सरसः (apsarasaḥ) - apsaras (celestial nymphs)

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of apsaras

apsaras - celestial nymph, a mythical being living in water

ap (water) + saras (going, moving)

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (ap+saras)

• ap – water
  noun (feminine)
  Always plural
• saras – going, flowing, water, pond
  noun (neuter)
  From root sṛ (to go)
  Root: sṛ (class 1)

Note: Part of the list of worldly pleasures.

स्मृताः (smṛtāḥ) - are considered, are remembered, are held to be

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of smṛ

smṛ - to remember, to be mindful of, to be known

Past Passive Participle

From root smṛ (to remember)

Root: smṛ (class 1)

Note: Applies to the preceding list of nouns.

इति (iti) - thus, so, in this manner (marks direct or indirect speech/thought/definition)

(indeclinable)

एकतः (ekataḥ) - on one side, from one side

(indeclinable)

tasil suffix from eka (one)

Note: Refers to the 'one side' of the comparison.

समुदितम् (samuditam) - gathered, combined (risen, come together, united, produced)

(adjective)

Nominative, neuter, singular of samud

samud - to rise, to come together, to be combined

Past Passive Participle

From sam + ud + root i (to go)

Prefixes: sam+ud

Root: i (class 2)

सन्तोषामृतम् (santoṣāmṛtam) - the nectar of contentment

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of santoṣāmṛta

santoṣāmṛta - nectar of contentment, immortality of contentment

Compound type : karmadhāraya (santoṣa+amṛta)

• santoṣa – contentment, satisfaction
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: sam
  Root: tuṣ (class 4)
• amṛta – nectar, immortality, ambrosia
  noun (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  a (not) + mṛta (dead), from root mṛ (to die)
  Prefix: a
  Root: mṛ (class 1)

Note: Subject of the second clause.

एकतः (ekataḥ) - on the other side, on the one hand

(indeclinable)

tasil suffix from eka (one)

Note: Refers to the 'other side' of the comparison.

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